NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:
LAST GAME
New Jersey Devils 5 Los Angeles Kings 2
(28-12-3—59 PTS) (25-15-6—56 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. J. Hughes 2. D. Doughty 3. D. Severson
Goals:
LAK: K. Fiala (PPG), A. Kopitar
SCORE 1
ST 2
ND 3
RD OT SO FINAL
Los Angeles 1 1 0 – – 2
DEVILS 1 3 1 – – 5
New Jersey Devils: Media Notes
NJD: T. Tatar (PPG), E. Haula, N. Okhotiuk, R. Graves, J. Bratt (ENG)
INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Jonathan Bernier – LTIR Lower-body, hip 2021-22 43
Nate Bastian I.R. Upper-Body Nov. 27 20
John Marino Upper-body Dec. 21 11
2022-23 Total Man-Games Lost to Injury/illness: 132
DATE PLAYER ACTION
1/1/23 Ryan Graves Activated from I.R.
1/1/23 Tyler Wotherspoon Reassigned to Utica
1/5/23 Tyce Thompson Reassigned to Utica
1/5/23 Akira Schmid Recalled from Utica
1/5/23 Ondrej Palat Activated off I.R.
1/6/23 Akira Schmid Reassigned to Utica
1/10/23 Nolan Foote Recalled from Utica
Jersey’s team enters its fourth game for a season-long five-game road trip (3-0-0), after defeating the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday and then Anaheim on Friday. The Devils improved to 7-4-1 overall for back-to-back sets in 2022-23 and 4-2-0 in second half of back-to-back sets for the 2022-23 campaign, after the victory at Los Angeles. Jersey’s season-long five-game road trip:
1/10 at CAR, 5-3, W
1/13 at ANA, 6-2, W
1/14 at LAK, 5-2, W
1/16 at SJS
1/19 at SEA
The Devils enter Monday’s contest riding a four-game winning streak. The streak marked the first time since Nov. 15, 2022, to Nov. 21 that the team earned the feat – which were the final four wins of the team’s 13-game winning streak via Oct. 25, 2022, to Nov. 21. The Devils enter Monday’s contest with a 17-2-1 record on the road, and Jersey’s team is riding a six-game winning streak on the road that dates to Dec. 21, at Florida. The Devils have outscored opponents 82-46 on the road, overall. The team’s 17 road victories ranked first in the NHL, per January 15. Seattle ranked second with 16 road wins. Keep in mind that New Jersey’s longest road winning streak in franchise history is 11 games, which was earned earlier this season via Oct. 20, 2022, to Dec. 3, 2022. The most road wins in a single season overall for franchise history is 28, which was earned in 1998-99 (28-10-3). The Devils are the first team in NHL history to win 17 games in their first 20 road contests from the start of a season – credit: Leo Scaglione, MSG Networks & NHL PR.
Teams who won 16 games through their first 20 road contest in NHL history:
Boston: 1929-30
Chicago: 2012-13
Washington: 2019-20
WHAT TO KNOW:
The Devils are 21-0-1 when leading after the second period this season, which ranks second in the NHL behind Boston
(22). The Devils surpassed their win total from last season, which was 27 and in 39 games less played. The team’s 28 wins after 43 games played from the start of a season is tied for the second most in franchise history.
31 wins: 2009-10
28 wins: 1997-98
28 wins: 2022-23
The Devils are now 9-1-1 when outshot by an opponent this season and 18-11-2 when outshooting teams. The Devils are 1-0-0 when shots are even vs an opponent for 2022-23. The Devils are now 12-2-1 vs the Western Conference and 9-0-0 vs the Pacific Division for 2022-23 campaign. Jersey’s team is 26-4-3 when scoring three-or-more goals in a game this season. The Devils have allowed 1, or fewer, goals against 10 times this season in a game. Jersey’s team allowed one, or fewer goals against, in a game just eight times all of last season.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES
Overall: 7-4-1
First game: 3-2-1 | home: 0-1-0 | road: 3-1-1
Second game: 4-2-0 | home: 1-2-0 | road: 3-0-0
VS SAN JOSE
The Devils conclude their 2022-23 season series with San Jose, after defeating the Sharks in the first matchup by a score of 2-1 on Oct. 22, 2022, at the Rock. Jersey’s team logged a 1-1-0 record vs the Teal last season and earned the lone win at San Jose in a 3-2 shootout win on Nov. 6, 2021. The last time the Devils won a season series vs San Jose was 2009-10, when the two teams played against each other just one time
(1-0-0). The last time the Devils swept the Teal, and won two games in a season vs San Jose, was 1996-97 (2-0-0). Monday’s matchup marks the second matinee contest vs the Sharks this season.
ALL-TIME vs SAN JOSE
Record: 23-17-2-4
Home: 13-9-1-2
Road: 10-8-1-2
DID YOU KNOW…
The most goals in franchise history earned in a single game vs San Jose was nine, which was earned in a 9-0 win on Oct. 26, 1991, at the Meadowlands. The most goals that the Devils allowed in a single game vs San Jose was six, after a 6-2 loss at the Tank on Mar. 20, 2018. The most shots that Jersey earned in a single game vs the Sharks was 45, which was logged in a 6-1 win on Nov. 7, 1992, at San Jose. The most shots that the Devils allowed in a single game vs the Teal was 41, which was logged on Nov. 21, 2016, after a 4-0 loss at San Jose.
The last time the Devils shut out San Jose was on Mar. 10, 2016, in a 3-0 win at the Tank (K. Kinkaid, 30 saves). The last time that San Jose shut out the Devils was on Oct. 20, 2017, in a 3-0 loss at the Rock (M. Jones, 28 saves).
UPCOMING SCHEDULE .
Thu., Jan 19, at SEA, 10:00 P.M. E.T.
Sun. Jan. 22, vs PIT. 2:00 P.M. E.T.
Tue. Jan 24, vs VGK, 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Thu. Jan. 26, at NSH, 8:00 P.M. E.T.
Fri. Jan. 27, at DAL, 8:30 P.M. E.T.
LAST TRADE
The last time the Devils and San Jose executed a trade was on July 26, 2021, when New Jersey acquired defenseman Christian Jaros in exchange for forward Nick Merkley.
SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Game 44 – 1/13 – SJS 1 vs. EDM 7…Oskar Lindblom (1g, 0a) scored his fourth goal of the season, assists coming from Matt Benning (0g, 1a) and Jonah Gadjovich (0g, 1a), but the San Jose Sharks fell by a 7-1 final score to the Edmonton Oilers at SAP Center. San Jose was outscored 3-0 on special teams in the game, two power play goals and one shorthanded, in the contest. Netminder Kaapo Kahkonen made 34 saves in the effort.
SJ Goals: Lindblom (4)
SF: 26
SA: 41
SJ PP: 0/4
SJ PK: 4/4
W: Campbell
L: Kahkonen
RECENT SHARKS TRANSACTIONS
1/6 Claimed F Mikey Eyssimont off waivers; placed D Radim Simek on IR
1/5 Recalled D Nick Cicek from the San Jose Barracuda
1/4 Assigned D Nick Cicek to the San Jose Barracuda
1/1 Recalled D Nick Cicek from the San Jose Barracuda
12/22 Assigned F C.J. Suess to the San Jose Barracuda
12/20 Activated D Mario Ferraro off IR
12/20 Recalled F C.J. Suess from the San Jose Barracuda
12/18 Assigned D Nick Cicek and F C.J. Suess to the San Jose Barracuda
12/17 Placed F Luke Kunin on IR; activated F Matt Nieto off IR
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: NEW JERSEY DEVILS
With four consecutive wins and victories in five of six, the New Jersey Devils come to San Jose for the penultimate contest of their west coast swing, a 1 p.m. puck drop Monday at SAP Center. The Devils defeated the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, 5-2, with Yegor Sharangovich and Jack Hughes each registering a pair of assists in the game. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 35 of 37 shots faced. New Jersey is paced offensively by Jack Hughes, who tops the club and Metropolitan Division with 28 goals and 54 points. He has 13 points (8g, 5a) in seven games since the turn of the calendar year and has points in seven of the last eight games.
DEFENSE TO OFFENSE…With an assist provided by Marc-Edouard Vlasic on Oskar Lindblom’s second period goal at DAL on Dec. 31, San Jose became the first NHL team to have their defensemen reach 100 points on the season. San Jose blueliners then added five points (1g, 4a) on Jan. 1, with four of the six in the game finding the score sheet, and another three helpers on Jan. 6 at Anaheim. Last week, Sharks defensemen combined for three points against Boston on Jan. 7 with Mario Ferraro scoring a goal and Matt Benning and Vlasic adding assists, a goal from Jaycob Megna and a helper from Erik Karlsson on Tuesday and another Karlsson helper on Wednesday. Benning then notched a helper Friday against Edmonton. The Sharks lead the league in assists (95) and points (115) from defensemen this season. Last campaign, the Sharks finished 23rd and 25th in the League with 151 points and 117 assists, respectively, from defensemen. Below is a breakdown of San Jose’s defensive scoring this season.
